Necktie clasp



' NECKTIE CLASP,

Filed March 16, 1928 INVENTOR m ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 2 4 1931 ISAAC nosnn, or BnooKLYn, NEWYORK i NEGKTIE lctasrg Application filed. March 16-, 19 s.;s s1ao; 6212 9;

' This invention relates to heck-tiecilasps, wherein the clasp is permanently attached to a neck-tie as disclosed in U. S. Letters Patent No. 1,170,340, granted to me Feb. 1,

' The foregoing and other objects of the invention will be hereinafter fully described and claimed and are illustrated in the accompanying drawing forming part of this application, in which i .Figure '1 is a front view, showing a necktie attached to a shirt by my new and improved neck-tie clasp, only so much of the shirt being shown as is essential to an understanding of the invention, and the necktie being broken away to illustrate the manner of attachment by my improved clasp-attaching means applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a View looking to the rear of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a section taken on'line 33 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows; and Fig. 4

is a perspective view of the clasp-attaching means unassembled. I

In the drawlng, the reference numeral 1 designates a neck-tie having the lnner end i 2,-the outer end 3, lining 4;. The front of a shirt is indicated at'5, onlyso much of the shirt being shown as is essential to an understanding of the invention.

In the embodiment of the invention illus- 37 trated, I have shown the same for attaching a clasp embodying a pair of jaws 6-7 having laterally extending ears whereby they are pivotally connected as at 8 and normally urged to clamping position by a spring 8 I coiled aboutthe pivot and each end anchored at the end of each jaw "opposite to the clamping end. 'One jaw 7 is movably mounted on a pivot-pin 9 fixed in and projecting from one face of a plate 10 of a clamp for attaching the clasp to the neck-tie, thepiv-ot-pin being extended through an opening in the clasp member 7 and upset and whereby-the,

clasp is adapted to have pivotalmswinging movement about said pm, as shown in Fig.

clasp firmly holds that end and the inner *to the shirt.

3. The" clasp is attached to the neck-tie by bending. tangs 11 at opposite ends of the clamp-plate ,10 at right-angles thereto and I extending in a direction opposite to the pivotping; said tangs preferably being sharpenedto readily pierce the fabric of the tie aswell as the lining 4 and engage inperforations- 12 of aplate -13 arranged'atthe side of the 'lin-T ing and fab'ricopposit'e to theclamp-plat'e' 1 0 and said tangs bent over the face o'fisaidf plate 13, asclearlyshown in'FigL-B. The clamp-plates 10 13 are preferably arranged to overlap the-connecting seam 14c of the tie whereby the clamp has a more firm hold upon the tie and prevents fraying and'tearing of V the same. It will be'obvious by thearrangement described that the clasp members 7 may be readily moved to any clasping position by exerting'a force thereon against the tension. of the spring 8, and, furthermore, thatthe clasp members maybe variably adjusted about the pivot-pin 9 so that when the clasp is released from the shirt it will automatically assume the dotted line position shown in Fig. 2 and permit of the ready re-. moval vofthe tie.

By reference to Fig. 2 it will be seen that the clasp is attached to the back of the outer portion or end 3 of the neck-tie 1 and that the end 2 of thetie to the shirt-front 5. It will be observed that the clasp and its clamping meansare not visible when the tie'is applied 7 By-further reference' to Fig. 3, it will be seen how the clasp is fastened to the plate 10 of the clamping means and how this plate is secured to the plate 13 and both plates-to the fabric of the outer end. of the tie and the lining 4 of said end, thereby giving a more firm hold on the tie and preventing the same from gettingout of shape, tearing of the fabric, &c. p p

It ismyidea to sell neck-ties provided with a clasp permanently attachedto the tie by my improved attaching means, and so the claspwill always be available and not get lost.. The invention may be manufactured so inexpensively as not to add materially to the cost of the tie towhich it is thus attached.

It is of course understood that theclaspattaching means may be secured to the fabric of the tie in any other suitable manner,

as by sewing or otherwise, and that changes may be made in the shape of the clasp or the clamping plates, without departing from the scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims. 7 v

What I claim is: V p

1. In a neck-tie fastener, a clasp, and means to attach the clasp to the neck-tie, comprising a clamp embodying plates arranged at opposite sides of the fabric of the neck-tie, the one plate having tangs to pierce the necktie fabric and engage in perforations in the other plate and flanged thereover, and the clamp-plateat the outer side of the tie ar ranged with a pivot for movably mounting a the clasp thereon.

' 2. In a neck-tie fastener, a clasp comprising a pair of jaws pivotally connected intermediate the ends of the clasp, one of said jaws having a perforation at the side of the pivot connection of the clasp-jaws opposite the jaw end, and clamping means as claimed in claim 1 for attaching the clasp to the neck-tie. I v r In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature.

ISAAC ROSE N. 

